Following are the two ways to plan for maintenance window: Less downtime Less user intervention What to read next Less DowntimeThis approach provides less down time. You can optimize the maintenance window by pre-deploying the VMware Telco Cloud Automation 3.1 appliances using the migration tool and keep it ready for migration. This process is completed in approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Once the appliances are deployed, you can migrate the data within maintenance window. Less User InterventionThis approach provides less user intervention. However, this method takes more downtime. You can migrate the entire topology without performing multiple steps. The migration tool can deploy and migrate the entire topology (TCA Manager and associated TCA-CPs) all at once. Parent topic: Plan for Migration
